Why did you come over to help her?
What's wrong with this guy?! Is he blind? He's so nice to Yu Jiu, such a pretty young girl. Not only did he personally teach her how to do the work, but he also said it's okay if she doesn't finish, he'll come and help her?
The team's rule was that you can't leave work until you finish it!
In that instant, Li Nannan didn't know whether it was jealousy or anger. All she knew was that a raging fire was burning in her head. She clenched her fists, strode over, and loudly questioned him.
"Why should I be allowed to work for Yu Jiu! Are you, the team leader, showing favoritism? I'm reporting you!"
Wow, that's incredibly courageous.
"Is this another new educated youth?"
"Right, it was so dark I couldn't see anything clearly, and the voice was unfamiliar."
There were other team members nearby, and everyone immediately stopped what they were doing, craning their necks and looking in this direction, while also discussing among themselves.
Amidst the murmurs of the crowd, Li Nannan straightened her shoulders, as if she were an innocent flower refusing to be oppressed by power, her expression becoming even more righteous.
Yu Jiu blinked speechlessly. She didn't understand why Li Nannan kept staring at her. Did she have a fetish for ugly things?
"I don't need the team leader's help. I can manage on my own. The team leader is just being kind and looking after us educated youth. I'm new here, so it's normal for him to look after me. The team leader will definitely help Qiao later."
As for you, that wasn't targeted, that was punishment. Don't you realize that? Didn't you ever go to school? Didn't your teacher ever reward or punish you?
Yu Jiu's sarcastic retort served as Xu Zijiang's direct counterattack. Anyone who wants to ruin her benefactor's reputation will have to see if she'll allow it!
"Normal? What kind of normal is this? I don't believe he would help Qiao Zhiqing. He's just biased towards you! He scolded me for you yesterday! How can there be such an unfair team leader? How did he become the team leader? Are you just going to let such a biased person be the team leader?"
We're going to file a joint complaint against you! A team leader should serve the people and lead everyone to progress. Someone with such backward thinking as you only drags our production team down!
We're replacing you!
Li Nannan's eyebrows furrowed together, forming a small knot. Her beautiful eyes burned not only with raging anger but also with burning ambition.
She came to the countryside to serve the people and build the country—that was her original intention. How can someone like that lead everyone in building the country? She must replace him with a fair and capable person! She must lead everyone away from the oppression of this kind of person!
It was just a slightly good-looking squad leader who couldn't fool her!
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Upon hearing this, the area within a ten-mile radius fell silent. No one had any interest in watching the spectacle; everyone avoided the spot like the plague, fearing they might get splattered with blood. At that moment, everyone shared only one thought: Had she lost her mind?
Even Zhao En, who was pursuing her because he was attracted by her looks and money, couldn't help but gasp and take three steps back. The other educated youths who were indebted to her also retorted.
"Captain, it's only her, not us! We don't want to report you, we just want to do our jobs properly!"
Li Nannan felt betrayed. What was wrong with these people? They even ate her food yesterday! Although she had asked Qiao Cheng to cook it, they had said yesterday that they would support her in everything!
Not only did they not wait for her to get to work this morning, but today they're deliberately trying to distance themselves from her! Don't they even understand that she's fighting for their rights? A bunch of idiots!
Li Nannan's eyes widened, filled with innocent anger.
"Even if they don't report me, I will! I refuse to accept you as my captain! I'll go to the ends of the earth to report you! I'll find someone who can stand up for me!"
"laugh."
A sneer broke the silence; it was Xu Zijiang's voice. He nodded expressionlessly.
"Oh, go ahead, you can go now and wander around, to find your fairness and justice."
"To give you more substantial evidence, I can admit to myself that yes, I do favor Yu, the educated youth. So what? Who says a team leader can't help a particular educated youth with their work?"
What, do I need your permission to pursue a wife? Then who's responsible for my being single?
He spoke with a resounding voice, his deep and handsome face still devoid of emotion, but his words were tantamount to dropping an atomic bomb into the crowd, blasting everyone away with a bang.
Yu Jiu, who was initially angry, was completely stunned. She stiffly turned her head, staring wide-eyed at Xu Zijiang. What did he say? Had she misheard? What about pursuing someone? What about a wife? ???
Did she miss out on some plot point because she lived two years less?
"My goodness, am I deaf? I actually heard the captain say he's going to woo his wife?"
"You heard me right! I heard it too! How strange, the team leader's first time wanting to get married was to a new educated youth! They've only met a few times! Is this what they call love at first sight?"
"I just glanced at this Yu Zhiqing, she looks very ordinary. How could the team leader be interested in her? No, I must be mistaken. I need to take a closer look!"
Everyone was so shocked that they forgot about Li Nannan's reckless remarks. It's easy to imagine how much attention everyone usually pays to this captain's private life.
"You, you, you want to pursue her? She, she..."
Li Nannan was devastated by this blunt confession. She was completely broken. She trembled all over and stammered, "How dare he! It's one thing to take a fancy to a new ugly educated youth, and it's another to be biased towards her, but to dare to shout it out loud?"
Doesn't he feel ashamed?
Yu Jiu wasn't unfamiliar with men's confessions of love; on the contrary, she received advances from boys as early as her first year of high school, and countless boys liked her in high school. Some secretly wrote her letters, some were hooligans who blocked her way, and some were passionate men who said they wanted to marry her.
Adding to her past life experiences, Yu Jiu believed she had little interest in men; she only wanted to be beautiful and strive for success on her own. However, Xu Zijiang seemed to belong to none of these types of men. His mature and aggressive aura, along with his bold confession, made her blush and feel ashamed for a moment.
Could it be that he helped her because he liked her in his past life? She thought to herself, "How can someone be so kind and selfless? Turns out he was just after my body. How lewd of him!"
No, that's not right. She's still pretending. In everyone's eyes, she's just an ordinary, even slightly ugly, girl. He shouldn't be interested in her.
Yu Jiu's chaotic mind instantly calmed down. She sorted out the cause and effect and understood; it was probably just to spite Li Nannan. She glanced at Li Nannan's already irrationally angry expression and felt that she had guessed correctly.
Yu Jiu frowned, subtly pursed her lips, and her slightly round almond-shaped eyes showed distress. Just to anger one person, she had ruined his and her own reputation. Her savior was too impulsive. How was she going to smooth things over after this?
She didn't know what to say, so she simply remained silent.
Xu Zi kept secretly glancing at Yu Jiu's expression, wanting to know her reaction. However, the calm moonlight shone down, allowing him, who was standing close by, to easily see the expression on her face—no expression.
Isn't he being too impulsive? She just came over yesterday, and today he's already shamelessly proposing to be her wife. Won't she think he's a scoundrel who doesn't take relationships seriously and have a bad impression of him?
Xu Zi scratched his head in frustration, feeling he had rushed things. He had planned to pursue her slowly, helping her with chores, bringing her food, sending her flowers, and so on. That's how everyone pursues their wives—waiting until things are more or less settled before making things clear. He had skipped several steps!
No wonder she doesn't look at him!
It's all because of that troublesome Li Nannan! If it weren't for her, she wouldn't have been so impulsive as to blurt out her true feelings!
Xu Zijiang's face was as cold as if it had been pulled out of ice water, and he uttered a hoarse, irritable, cold snort.
"None of your business! Since you're unhappy with me as the team leader, you don't need to stay with us anymore. You can go wherever you want from now on. I won't assign you any more work, and you won't get any work points!"
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